An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh

Mark McClure

An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh

Geophysics 2017-09-12 v2 Computational Physics

Authors: Mark McClure

Abstract

I propose the 1D Subgrid Method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh. The method is demonstrated on linear and radial flow problems. The method has negligible computational cost and is accurate at all levels of mesh refinement.

Keywords

fluid exchange fractures and matrix non-conforming mesh 1D Subgrid Method linear flow radial flow

Cite

@article{arxiv.1709.02493,
  title  = {An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh},
  author = {Mark McClure},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.02493},
  year   = {2017}
}

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